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Old 09-05-2009, 11:08 PM
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Question What going on?

A little puzzle, guys...

This is the first spectrum I captured tonight. I plugged NGC3372 into the scope and it slewed straight to this. I took one look at it and immediately thought I had Eta Carinae. But do I?

The continuum is a very different shape to the raw etas I've captured before - this one is much bluer / hotter... and there is a strong double line bluewards of Hb.

Can anyone verify if Eta Carinae is changing, or have I picked up another star?

Al.
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